Buy it if you like
- Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Story: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise50% are divided25% are complaints
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
TIS-100 is very good at ramping up the difficulty and making you feel smart.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Besides, it's a design choice that makes perfect sense in the context: it allows the game to communicate its central ideas without having to "break character" at any point, and it's also realistic, since reading documentation is a big part of what an actual programmer has to do when exploring new programming environments.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Difficulty21 reviews
Gameplay17 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization100% still recommend
Interface100% still recommend
Graphics100% still recommend
Co-op100% still recommend
Players complain
Story95% still recommend
Audio100% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Includes level editor
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Lowest ever recorded
$3.49$6.99−50%
That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
7 points recordedtoday · $3.49
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